God Spoke, Created, Formed and Breathed

 

God spoke in Genesis!                                                                                                       

Genesis 1:3-4 and God said, “Let there be light;” and there was light , 4 And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant), and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:10  God called the dry land Earth, and the accumulated waters He called Seas. And God saw that this was good (fitting, admirable) and He approved it.

Genesis 2: 7 Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life and man became a living being.

Genesis 2:15-17 And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and blessing and calamity you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die.

 

God created man, He formed him & breathed life into his body.He , God  then gave them  instructions .They had the breath that spirit of life that was of God…& then He gave them authority.  Laws and rules apply to using the roadways and cells phones…for some reason people try to do both things…how about doing drugs and driving fast on I-5 in Washington!

With the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, we look toward Jesus. Authority had been given over to the devil……And for Jesus’ physical body to come, it took 4, 000 years to accomplish

1.. Why? In giving the earth into the devil’s hand, people had to be found who would truly speak forth with belief by faith in God be speaking from their hearts for the Consolation Who is Jesus!

2. God had to find people who would operate by faith, looking for men or women who would prophesy Jesus’ coming….someone with divine life in their hearts to speak forth Jesus’ body into existence.   (Jesus spoke if faith would be found on the earth at His return..)Luke 18:8

            3. It was necessary for God to become man, name Him Jesus, the Word made flesh, the physical presence of God on Earth…….to take the Authority back

4. God anointed men and women to speak forth and prophesy of HIM Who come…

                                                                                                                                      

 Isaiah Is One who Called Him by this Prophecy: Isaiah 25:9  Amp Bible 9 It shall be said in that day, Behold our God upon Whom we have waited & hoped, that He might save us! This is the Lord, we have waited for Him; we will be glad & rejoice in His salvation.

Isaiah 40:11-13 He will feed His flock like a shepherd: He will gather the lambs in His arm, He will carry them in His bosom & will gently lead those that have their young. 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, marked off the heavens with a [nine-inch] span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure & weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? 13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or as His counselor has taught Him? [Romans 11:34]

 As born-again believers: the spiritually man or woman will speak!   Our spirit man has the power of heaven. It is through the death, burial, & resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. We respond to these things in faith.  Embracing His truths of this subject, we embrace & receive His provision for them.   WE are to command Light to come:

 Ephesians 1:18-20  Amp Bible 18 By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know & understand ] the hope to which He has called you, & how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set apart ones) 19 & [so that you can know & understand] what is the immeasurable & unlimited & surpassing greatness of His power in & for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength, 20 Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead & seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places].  This was God showing off HIS Son Jesus WHO conquered the devil…We have AUTHORITY through Jesus..

1.      Knowing and understanding God, the Omnipotent One is vital

2.      BY Faith, we demonstrate the working of His mighty strength as the born-again believer

3.      There is no sickness in heaven, no hunger in heaven, no disease in heaven, no tears and no death in heaven…1 Peter 2:24-25 Amplified Bible 24 He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree [as an altar & offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin & live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed. 25 for you were going astray like [so many] sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd & Guardian (the Bishop) of your souls.  (Isaiah 53:5-6

We are to teach others! To observe all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded us….from Matthew 10:8 heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils; freely ye have received, freely give.

1.      According to Philippians 2:10, every knee is to bow…have we bowed our knee to His leadership or do we still rule by our emotions?

2.      We have generated power of God now deposited on the inside of us: we are born-again, the Spirit-filled and tongue talking believer, we release God’s healing flow into others and see them restored. 

3.      In boldness: God moves through His people on earth: Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His ]power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely] beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes or dreams]----

4.       God moves through us as we obey His commands and promptings of the Holy Spirit

 

Influence our nation by ministering the word of God: for it is power of the church to proclaim and demonstrate the Gospel  : Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel a righteousness which God ascribes is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed through the way of faith that arouses to more faith]. As it is written, The man who through faith is just & upright shall live & shall live by faith. [Habakkuk 2:4]

AS Commanded by Christ : to go into all the world Mark 16:15

1. TO BE witnesses of Him: Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost will come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria and to the uttermost parts of the earth.

2. WITHOUT Him: we can do nothing :John 15:5

3. FREELY GIVE:  Matthew 10:8 Cure the sick, raise the dead,  cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely (without) pay you have received , freely (without charge) give.

4. BE WORD MINDED: John 6:63 The word that I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life.

Be Word FULL: Our minds should be kept on God. Stop thinking on that past relationships, that past job that was lost, the last conversation with a friend who left years ago & abandoned the friendship, …….& stop thinking about how if you had just said this or did that, things would be different …PULL scripture that will heal your soul, raise you up and help you see from the new perspective of flying like the eagle!

a. Do not give into temptation as the place to reside in you… If we think on the past “anything” we will return there and the opportunity to sin will come.

b. We do not need to be ‘”informed on foolishness” and anything perverted will not take you to God’s purpose for you. We should reject wrong thinking!

Romans 16:19 For while your loyalty & obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, I would have you well versed & wise as to what is good & innocent & guileless as to what is evil

Be not deceived: evil communication corrupts good manners. 1 Corinthians 15:33 Recognize death & life: Be committed to God’s peace. Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 2 Peter 1:2

Be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2

God was and is in our moments of life. He was in Mary's life to speak of Jesus. He was there in His birth and death! He is available always to us in our bright moments and those dark and dangerous ones!

Jesus was brought forth from the dead. He lived again to give instructions. If you have a grief, a moment you felt God left you in your anxiety, let you an orphan to face tomorrow without Him you are so wrong. Your child passed and you grieved, but that grief must go to the altar to worship God. Your spouse betrayed you and left you. YOU grieve but that grief must go to the altar to worship God. Your job came to an end but God is there. YOU may grieve that job but place it on the altar and see God move in His love for you. Be word full of Him. allow your reading to move to overdrive and hear the words of Him that jump off the page to reach your brokenness. He is alive, and He speaks, He created and provided, He formed and has breathed His life into us. We continue. We seek His plan in the pain we experience. He did! He felt Jesus crucified. He felt the abandonment of sin but as He grieved He found peace in the soul. God is God who knows, understand and reveals the man of dust, But He is God Who Sees> Genesis 16:13 The God Who Sees Me.

God spoke, created, formed and breathed for a special plan. Like Hagar who came into the midst of a man and woman who desired children, she found heartache and no place to live in peace. But God showed her he heard of the cry of the boy's heart for water. He heard her plea for help!

Struggle can come, but we are children of God. We are not without hope. We are noticed by Him and that is what counts in this moment of time! Amen and Amen.

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The Neighborhood Watch

John 1:43-51
43 The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, "Follow Me." 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." 46 And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!" 48 Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." 49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" 50 Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these." 51 And He said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man." NKJV

Can you imagine what the day was like when Jesus showed up in the "neighborhood"?
Can you imagine if He showed up in your neighborhood much like He did when He came through on His way to Galilee?

On this specific day, we find Jesus calling "to follow HIM"! As He traveled through the communities, He was the one who spoke and the first of the day was Philip. Then it mentions that Philip was from Bethsaida much like Peter and Andrew. They were born evidently in a community of fisherman. But later Peter and Andrew are found to reside in Capernaum.

Philip in all his excitement, runs to tell Nathanael. What an exciting time to be alive! He has seen " the promised One".

We are told that Philip found Nathanael. It does not say what else was going on, but in all the excitement Philip tells Nathanael that "we have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote....Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

What excitement and joy that must have filled Philip's heart, that which so many read of and now see before them, that Philip could now share with someone in "the neighborhood"! 

Do we not get excited when we discover something about Jesus that we had not seen before? Are we not elated and motivated to share what we have just received from the Word of God? For certain, Philip was acquainted with scriptures of the Old Testament and he wanted to share. When we visit the passages written in the book of Isaiah and found in chapter 9.......we read starting in verse 6.....

6 For to us a child is born,

to us a son is given,

and the government will be on his shoulders.

And he will be called 

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 

7 Of the increase of his government and peace 

there will be no end.

He will reign on David's throne 

and over his kingdom,

establishing and upholding it 

with justice and righteousness 

from that time on and forever.

The zeal of the LORD Almighty 

will accomplish this. NIV

We find Jesus called the Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, and the Prince of Peace. 

In the scripture below we find Jesus referred to as a "Branch of righteousness" and His name will be called THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Jeremiah 23:5-6

5 "Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD,

"That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;

A King shall reign and prosper,

And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. 

6 In His days Judah will be saved,

And Israel will dwell safely;

Now this is His name by which He will be called:

THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. NKJV

Yes, there are many wonderful things written to show us what God had planned. And Philip shared with Nathanael but all was not truth of what he spoke. Jesus was of Bethlehem and nowhere does it say that Joseph was the "father" As we know from Scripture, the Holy Spirit came upon Mary and she conceived of the "supernatural" and not of the natural man like Joseph. Yes, mistakes can be made when someone may speak and that is why it is good for each of us to go and study the scriptures for ourselves. It is important to read and reread them and plant them deep in our heart so we know "truth" from error!

The other specific was that Jesus "found" them. Jesus came to meet with them face to face. Without an appointment, a phone call, or email..........today........."what if Jesus is coming to meet you face to face"? Jesus found and then "called them"!

Nathanael speaks and the first thing was:" Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?"

He wanted Philip to prove what he had spoken previously of Jesus of Nazareth.  In light of what Philip spoke was the part about..... of "Nazareth" and Philip just told him "to come and see".  For in scripture, we know,  in Isaiah 7:13-14..........13 Then he said, "Hear now, O house of David!    Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. NKJV

   Philip knew enough of what he read and understood but not enough for another to be convinced. But Philip knew if Nathanael would just come and see, he would recognize who Jesus was! I can tell what I see of who Jesus is and what He has done for me, but you must really come and see Him for you, yourself! You need to make the connection and a lot of times we think if we do not hear or see, that we have missed Him. Yet here we see Jesus and He had come to make contact with them individually.

 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!" 48 Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

Jesus already knew where Nathanael was and what he was doing. Jesus called him an Israelite indeed in whom is no deceit. He was calling him the man of prayer, the man who took time under the fig tree to spend time away from others and spend time to hear God speak. Jesus knew "the state of his heart". He knew Nathanael to be one heart with HIM!
And Nathanael answered, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" 50 Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these." 51 And He said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man." NKJV

Nathanael was calling Jesus the Teacher when he said, " Rabbi!". He called HIM the Son of God, the King of Israel!
When we believe the greater of Who Jesus is.......we experience seeing the greater for the future.
Telling Nathanael that He saw him under the fig tree, was revealing to more about Jesus knowing the story on Nathanael. He was telling him what had just occurred previously and how the meeting with Philip came about. He revealed that Philip came to tell him the news that Jesus was there.

Jesus saw Nathanael in the "secret place". It was in this place that Nathanael was seeking time with the Lord...............and thinking no one would see, yet Jesus knew where and what he was doing.  Jesus saw in the secret and made it known in the public, in the "neighborhood". Nathanael was different and Jesus made the truth known. In all this, Nathanael knew who Jesus was and embraced Him as the Teacher. He was submitting to the leadership and authority of Jesus, the Son of God. He comes so that our lives will change dramatically from the mundane to the "supernatural".

Nathanael was connected with the Son of Man, the Son of God, the Great "I AM" in our midst! You Nathanael will see the miraculous! We, too, like Nathanael can expect to see the "unseen" manifest in our lives. When it is the Lord who shows up to encourage you and strengthen you in the way to walk and the way to go which is in His truth!

Jesus is seeking those who will submit whole-heartedly to His leadership. He comes to bring strength in our weakness. He comes in our ignorance, to give Light to the word of God and show us the way in which to walk in His wisdom. 

Proverbs 4:10-13

10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings,

And the years of your life will be many. 

11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom;

I have led you in right paths. 

12 When you walk, your steps will not be hindered,

And when you run, you will not stumble. 

13 Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go;

Keep her, for she is your life. NKJV

We too, can be like Nathanael and go to the "secret place" and look to find the Lord in the scriptures we read and study. But Jesus will be made known to us when we go to see with others. When we get out of the "secret" place and look expectantly, the Lord will speak to us. Like Nathanael, we may not be looking, but the Lord is looking and ever hearing what we speak when we spend time with Him. Jesus will meet you face to face "in the neighborhood watch". He will make it plain and clear that He comes to seek you out for His plan that you see "greater things".

Jesus, You are Welcome Here!

Father, today, I pray in Jesus' name for us to spend time to separate "truth" from error. May we be like the Berean's who search out the scriptures to find the truth of who You are and what we have today in Your name. I pray that we will submit whole-heartedly to Your leadership and Authority. I pray that as we do, that we sill see our years of life will be many, that our ways will be according to Your wisdom, that we be led on right paths, with nothing hindering us! Today, I pray for Your strength where we are weak and for Your guidance when we think we know all we need to know. Because it is You Who knows the Beginning from the End........we set our sights on YOU and ask YOU to lead us in paths of righteousness. I pray that each of confess Jesus as the LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE KING OF ISRAEL, EMMANUEL WITH US! Thank You Lord for Your wisdom that shows where anything is out of alignment in our lives, whether at home, in the work place , school or even in church! I vow to give You praise for all the lives that will be changed because of Your Word of truth. I bless Your name and glorify You. It is Your truth and Light that leads us through the valley of dark shadows and brings into victory. Thank YOU for delivering us from evil work and for the giving us the authority of YOUR Holy name Jesus. Amen.

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